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A. WANNER, III.

FITTING STOOL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21. 1916.

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' ATTORNEY- TIIE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAIH co.. WASHINGTON, u. c.

ALBERT WANNER, .13., or NEW YORK, N. Y.

FITTING-STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d J l 15 1919 Application filedSeptember 21, 1916. Serial No. 121,412.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT IVANNER, J r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFitting-Stools, of which the following is a specification. I

In an application for Letters Patent filed by me April 14, 1916, SerialNo. 91,068, I have described and claimed a fitting stool whereon aperson may rest his foot while having shoes fitted, and on which theperson fitting the shoes may sit in which one of the principal featurewas a pair of arched side members each shaped (in that case by bending)to substantially the form of a curve of a conic section and having oneside of its arch arranged at a gradual incline and the other moreprecipitate.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and reduce the costof manufacture of fitting stools of this class and make them moredurable and also stronger. This I accomplish by forming the side memberseach of a plate of laminated sheet material, preferably cross-grainedwood, having the layers thereof cemented or otherwise secured together,each member including an arched portion shaped to substantially the formof the curve of a conic section and having one side of its arch arrangedat a gradual incline and the other more precipitate. In the preferredform, where there are for each arched member one or more upstanding sidestandards to which to attach the connecting means for said members, asthe seat and foot-rest, each said member includes such side standard orstandards as an integral or projecting part of a side-forming element ofthe stool.

I now proceed to describe my invention in detail, having reference tothe preferred form thereof shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved stool;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation and Fig. 3 an end elevation of one of theside elements of the stool;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line l4 of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 5 is a plan, partly broken away.

In the drawings, a a are the side elements, each being a plate composedof laminated sheets I) of suitable material, preferably cross-grainedwood, cemented together. In sldeelevation, in which the layers stand invertlcal planes, the plate is arched, as shown, the arch conforming tosubstantially the form of the curve of a conic section and having oneside thereof arranged at a gradual incline, as at c, and the other moreprecipitate.

In the preferred construction, each plate includes upstanding standardscl and c, the former at the high part and the latter on thegradual-incline part of the arch. The top of the standard (Z ishorizontal and the top of the standard 0 inclined more or less to thesame inclination as the inclined portion 0 of the arch.

The side elements a a are substantial counterparts of each other.

On the top of the standards (l of the two side elements a a is secured aseat proper f, which may be upholstered, as shown in Fig. 5. On the topsof the standards 6 is secured a foot rest proper g, which may beequipped near its lower edge with a heel supporting ridge it.

As in my aforesaid application, a receptacle, open toward the seat, soas to be readily accessible therefrom, may be formed below the foot-restg. This is composed of the front wall a and bottom wall j extending fromone to the other of the side elements a a and suitably secured thereto,as by having their edges glued in grooves therein (Fig. 4:).

The said receptacle and a cross-piece is, connecting the rear portionsof the side elements, serve to brace and give rigidity to the entirestructure.

Semblance of individuality of formation may be imparted to the sideelements, and an ornamental finish imparted thereto, by routing theirouter faces, as indicated at Z and m in the drawing.

The structure, already strong and exceedingly durable, while light inweight and of convenient form to pick up or move about over the floor,on account of the arch formation of its base portion already disclosedin my aforesaid application, has increased strength and durability andis capable of being manufactured at the minimum of cost,

due to the side elements being composed of laminated sheet materialhaving its layers arranged in vertical planes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is An article of manufacture of the classdescribed consisting of two substantially counterpart upright sideelements each com posed of laminated sheet material having its layersarranged in Vertical planes and each including an arched portion shapedto sub- 0 stantially the form of the curve of a conic ALBERT WANNER, JR.

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